--- "Dmytro O. Ivakhnenko (äÍÉÔÒÏ ïÌÅËÓ¦ÊÏ×ÉÞ
¶×ÁÈÎÅÎËÏ)" <nibbanka@...> skrev:

> people in ancient
> India considered the udumbara to be flowerless.
> Consequently, they used
> the udumbara flower as a symbol of something that
> rarely happens; for
> example, the realization of the Buddhist truth."

Thanks for the information. I think that, at least in
some Western languages, the "flowering fern" is used
as a similar symbol (and biologically more correct).

Gunnar


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